Chemistry at the University of Graz started in 1850 at the Old University, then
the chemistry institute at the Karl-Franzens-University was built in 1878. In 1963 the Institute of Biochemistry was founded as an additional institute, and in 1969 Organic and Physical Chemistry moved to the new building at Heinrichstrasse.
In the year 2000 five of the six chemistry institutes joined together and founded a large "institute of chemistry".
The outline of history follows the three main sites, the specialized institutes which were splitted from the chemistry institute, and lists chairmen and chemists
(see INDEX)
with venia legendi together with their most important research fields.

Splitting of the chemistry institute: Foundation of the institute of physical and
theoretical chemistry, then further splitting into institutes of
physical chemistry (Place: Universitätsplatz 1 = Halbärthgasse 5 = Schubertstrasse 1 and later Heinrichstrasse 28) and institute of theoretical chemistry
(Mozartgasse 14 and later Strassoldogasse 10)

Splitting of the chemistry institute: foundation of the institute of inorganic and analytical chemistry; then further splitting into institutes of inorganic and institute of analytical chemistry
(Place: Universitätsplatz 1 = Halbärthgasse 5 = Schubertstrasse 1

Foundation of the institute of biochemistry, which was combined since 2000 with the institute of
microbiology to the institute of molecular biology, biochemistry and microbiology
(Places: Universitätsplatz 1 = Halbärthgasse 5 = Schubertstrasse 1,
Heinrichstrasse 31 and Schubertstrasse 3). In 2004 it was renamed to "Institute of Biosciences"